Erection date: 1973
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859 - 1930, creator of Sherlock Holmes lived here, 1891 - 1894.
Greater London Council
SE25, Tennison Road, 12
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - SE25
Originally named Sheridan Hope, then Sherringford Holmes and finally Sherlock...
Born in Edinburgh where he trained as a doctor. Extremely successful writer o...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - SE25
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
English Heritage Paul Robeson, 1898 - 1976, singer and actor, lived here, 1929 - 1930.
We are told by our Brussels correspondent, Jean-Michel Pochet, that in 1922 a plaque was erected at Howland Street: "Le poète français Pa...
The Reverend Nicholas Richards, 1942 - 2006, "Father Nick", rector of St Mary's Rotherhithe 1977 - 2006. London Borough of Southwark - V...
English Heritage Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, 1887-1976, was born here.
Royal Air Force (Egypt) Memorial gives a report of the laying of this stone.
Explorer and navigator of the Australian seas. Born in Donington, Lincolnshire. Invented the Flinders Bar, a device for counteracting the vertical component of a ship's magnetic field, and gave Aus...
Son of Sir Ambrose Heal of the Heals furniture shop which was established in 1810. It moved from Rathbone Place to Tottenham Court Road in 1818. Anthony became a director in 1936 and the Chairman...
Richard was an innocent victim of gang warfare. Aged 15 he was murdered on his way home from playing football. He and his friends were confronted by around 20 older boys and Richard stabbed in the ...
This building housed the offices of Charles Dickens' magazine 'All the Year Round' and his private apartments, 1859 - 1870.
United Secession minister. Born Berwickshire, Scotland. Moved to London in 1782 and served the Wells Street church for the rest of his life. Co-founder of the London Missionary Society and supporte...
